According to the Economic Daily News, UMC has made great progress in its automotive layout, and recently won new certifications from Texas Instruments, Infineon and other automotive chip makers, with eight key areas of automotive certification in hand, and availing itself of the world's top-tier automotive chip makers.

The supply chain pointed out that UMC has obtained Infineon, NXP, Texas Instruments and other automotive chip makers large single, these customers in the global automotive chip market share of more than 30% of the total, the recent also in the fight for 22nm related automotive certification, all-out assault on the automotive market. Due to the reliability of automotive chips to be greater than 15 years, coupled with the Zero Defects (Zero Defects) requirements, UMC has received new certifications from a number of major manufacturers, highlighting the technical competitive advantage.

It is understood that UMC has taken eight key certifications in the field of automotive chips, covering power semiconductors, WiFi/Bluetooth and other wireless communication applications, millimeter wave radar sensors (Radar sensor), Auto AP, microcontrollers (MCU), CIS sensors, OLED/LCD driver ICs, micro-electromechanical sensors, etc. Almost all the necessary certifications for automotive chips have arrived.

UMC's third-generation semiconductor business has also reported good news. Benefiting from the strong demand for 5G and automotive applications, UMC's third-generation semiconductor business has made profits for five consecutive quarters in the second quarter of this year and has been growing quarter by quarter.

According to UMC's financial results, the company's revenue in July was NT$24.827 billion (same unit below), an annual increase of 35.18%, and has set a new revenue record for ten consecutive months. UMC's consolidated revenue for the first seven months of this year was 160.305 billion yuan, an annual increase of 37.75%.

source：aijiwei